After being awarded the Victorian Government air ambulance contract earlier this year, Australian Helicopters has signed a contract for six new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to fulfil the contract. The aircraft will be based at Essendon, Bendigo, Latrobe Valley and Warrnambool airports from January 2016 and will include a dedicated backup machine, and will replace the
Boeing and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) have signed an agreement to form Boeing Asia Pacific Aviation Services to provide engineering, spare parts, and repair and maintenance services for Boeing aircraft in the region. The joint venture has signed contracts for maintenance and engineering services to cover Scoot’s fleet of 20 787s currently on order as
Qantas will cut 167 jobs from its Engineering division as part of the group’s ongoing efforts to turn around its flagging fortunes. The job losses are part of some 5,000 jobs cuts the airline is implementing, and will come from Sydney and Melbourne and reportedly include front line engineers and back office support staff. Media
CAE has announced it has been awarded contracts to provide the Beechcraft T-6C ground-based training system and services for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). CAE was awarded the contracts by Beechcraft to develop and support the T-6C ground-based training system (GBTS). GBTS is an integrated training system that includes two T-6C operational flight trainers
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Boeing has announced that it has reached an agreement with five Japanese partner companies to perform significant work on the new 777X. Japan Aircraft Industries (JAI) and Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to provide about 21 per cent of the major structure components for the 777X, including fuselage
